Paronomastic — Par o*no*mas tic, Paronomastical Par o*no*mas tic*al, a. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Paronomastical — Paronomastic Par o*no*mas tic, Paronomastical Par o*no*mas tic*al, a. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

paronomasia — paronomastic /par euh noh mas tik/, adj. paronomastically, adv. /par euh noh may zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. Rhet. 1. the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual… … Universalium

paronomasia — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from paronomazein to call with a slight change of name, from para + onoma name more at name Date: 1577 a play on words ; pun • paronomastic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary

Yahweh — For information about Yahweh, see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links. Yahweh is an English transliteration of he. יַהְוֶה a 19th century proposed punctuation of he. יהוה (the Tetragrammaton), which is the distinctive personal … Wikipedia